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On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:49:52 -0500 |
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Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On 2012-02-05 1:41 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > They removed the setting because it broke a good bit of systems. |
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> > No one wanted to fix it, so they got rid of it. From my |
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> > understanding, if you still want the setting, you can leave it |
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> > there. |
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> Yeah, I fugured out that much, but my main question was about the |
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> defaults... |
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> What *are* the defaults? Is the example setting that is commented out |
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> the default? |
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You cannot trust the commented examples in rc.conf to be the defaults. |
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I reckon they are just that - typical examples. |
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If you search through rc.conf for the word "default" you find quite a |
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few cases where the text says what the default is and the example is |
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something different. In other words, the default is, um, not actually |
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documented anywhere. |
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This is a bit of a fail actually as you now have to fiddle with |
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settings, make them this, reboot, make them that, reboot, see what the |
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difference is. Sloppy maintenance if you ask me. |
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I'd advise you to file a bug (feature request) asking for the defaults |
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to be clearly documented where someone other than the principle dev can |
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find them. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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